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*My heart is here, every beat for you. You're the only one I feel for. *
Sea salt sprayed on my face as the cold September wind blew my hair. The constant humming of the boat's engines and the splashing of the waves hid the turbulent feelings inside me. I closed my eyes, drowning the thoughts screaming inside my head.
I felt warm hands wrapped around my waist, I knew who it was without even having to open my eyes. We took this trip together, our last weekend.
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It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon when we met, the only type of afternoons when I actually want to get out of the house—not sweltering, not rainy. I planned on finishing a short story I started writing a long time ago in my favorite coffee shop just a few blocks away from my apartment. I was thinking of the story's plot and what coffee I was going to buy when I saw him.
He was on the far end of the coffee shop counter, apparently waiting for his drink. He's a small guy, half a foot shorter than my 5'11", but I liked my guys shorter. He had close-cropped hair framing his angular face, like he was just about to be deployed in the military. He was on his phone as he made his way to a table so he didn't notice me staring at him a bit more than necessary while I was ordering my drink. I noticed him laugh at something he was watching, and he had the most adorable laugh I had ever heard—deep and unbounded. It was a sound I would not mind hearing for the rest of my life.
"Cold brew for Santi!"
I was woken from my thoughts when the barista called me with my drink. I looked around and luckily the cutie's table is the only one not occupied by anyone else. I started making my way to him.
"Is this seat taken?" I asked him. He looked up from his phone, "No, you may have it," he replied, giving a shy smile. I smiled back and sat down.
"I'm Santi by the way," I told him, extending my hand.
"Jeremiah, but you can call me Rem." We shook hands. He returned to his phone, so I decided to get my laptop and start writing.
I was halfway through a paragraph when I noticed him steal a glance at me, I pretended I didn't notice, thinking that it was just a curious look, when he kept looking at me again and again. I caught his gaze and he stared down, abashed. I snickered. Feeling a bit adventurous, I brushed my feet up his leg. He perked up, but didn't pull away. I noticed him smiling at his phone, then slid his gaze to me, pushing his leg against mine under the table. I felt the blood rushing between my legs, which was unfortunate because I was only wearing loose shorts without underwear, not expecting anything sexual to happen during the afternoon.
I packed my things, standing up while covertly hiding my growing erection with my laptop bag. Cutie looked a bit disappointed that I was leaving, but I motioned for him to meet me outside. His eyes twinkled with mischief.
He followed me to my apartment, and the moment I locked the door our hands were all over each other. Like me he was wearing casual clothes—a shirt and shorts, and they were all discarded to the floor in an instant. He dragged me to the bed, as if he owned the house, and pushed me to the mattress, straddling my hips the moment I fell on the bed.
I guess I'm topping tonight,
I thought.
We resumed ravishing each other's bodies, tongues battling, mouths exploring every bare skin, lips grinding while our hard cocks throbbed. He had so much energy for a small guy. I closed my eyes and let him do what he wants with my body. A few minutes later he stopped, I opened my eyes and saw him staring at me intently.
"Hey Santi," he asked, "can I ask for a favor?"
"Uhh, sure?" I didn't hide the confusion from my face.
"Can we pretend that we're lovers?"
It was a weird request. I've definitely heard of lovers role-playing as strangers in bed, but not the other way around, but damn he was hot. If he told me to wear a dog collar while barking I'd do it, or maybe I was just kinky.
"Sure baby," I replied, kissing him.
"I love you," he said.
I cringed inside, it didn't feel right at that moment.
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"I love you," he said, arms still wrapped around my waist, just the two of us in the boat deck.
"I love you too," I replied, my heart in my throat, nothing even more right than what I said. I felt the sadness start to overwhelm me, but I held it down. I promised I won't be sad for this trip.
"Crew prepare for docking, Puerto Altera in 15 minutes," the captain's voice on the intercom said.
I turned around and looked at him. He was smiling, but there was also sadness in his eyes; he was never good in hiding his emotions. I took his hand, and silently we went back to our cabins, preparing for arrival.
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We lay in bed, spent from hours of making love, or at least pretend love. I looked at the clock, noting that we do not have much time left. I only had less than an hour remaining to have the house for myself.
"Can I see you again?" he asked, my head on his chest
I straightened up and looked at him in the eye, "Why?" It was a random hookup, after all.
"I like what we did, and I want to do it again with you," he replied. I smirked, he was playful, but I also know how to play the game. Like all games, however, there were rules.
"I have to tell you something though," I started. He raised his eyebrow, "I have a boyfriend," I continued.
He laughed, "I don't mind." I kissed him, he kissed back.
I waved him goodbye a few minutes later, just as he was out of sight my phone rang. It was my boyfriend Mark calling. I picked it up.